James A. Yoro - Bakersfield, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, California

• Non Legal Education

  • University of California at Berkeley

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Past Positions

• Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Staff Attorney
• Chain, Younger, Associate, 1982 - 1987

Languages

• English

• Tagalog

Classes and Seminars

• Workers' Compensation 101, Central Labor Council, Kern County
  
• Small Business Academy - Workers' Compensation , Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  
• Your Constitutional Rights, Immigration Justice Collaborative
  
• How personal injury and workers’ compensation systems work together, Kern County Paralegal Association
  
• Coronavirus and the workplace: Benefits available to help impacted workers in California, Central Labor Council
  
• Worker deaths could trigger a workers’ compensation claim for surviving dependents, CAL OSHA
  
• What you need to know about Valley Fever in Kern County, Valley Fever Institute

Pro Bono Activities

• Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance
• Kern County Law Day

Representative Cases

• State Farm v. W.C.A.B/Leonard
  • Citation: 16 CAL. 4th 1187
  • Serial Number: 1997246109

Published Works

Articles

• Chain | Cohn | Clark ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Law Firms’, U.S. News & World Report
  The Bakersfield-based personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm Chain | Cohn | Clark has been selected for inclusion in the “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report.
• Do I Have A Workers’ Compensation Case?
  Bakersfield workers know that if you were hurt on the job and had to file a workers’ compensation claim then you need the help of a workers’ compensation attorney.
• Chain | Cohn | Clark: ‘Standing for Justice’ in Kern County since 1934, Chain Cohn Clark
  The people of Kern County have voted Chain | Cohn | Clark as one of the best law firms in the area, and managing partner David K. Cohn as one of the best lawyers
• Chain | Cohn | Clark partners David Cohn, James Yoro selected into ‘Best Lawyers in America’ publication
  For the third year in a row, two veteran attorneys at Chain | Cohn | Clark have been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America program, the oldest and among the most respected attorney ranking services in the world.
• Infographic: 12 steps of the workers’ compensation legal process
  To assist those who have been injured on the job and are trying to figure out how to maneuver the confusing workers’ compensation legal system, here is an infographic that outlines 12-steps in the workers’ compensation process.

Bar Admissions

• California, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• California Applicant Attorney's Association (Sustaining Member)
• American Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
• Kern County Bar Association (Past President)
• Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance (Past Board Member)
• Kern Regional Center (Past Board Member)